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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upsets Ms. Kinnian when she is talking with Charlie after his procedure one day?

2. Where is Charlie when a random woman offers to go home with him?

3. What is Algernon doing when Charlie finds him at the end of the conference for the International Psychological Association?

4. What does Charlie realize about his childhood while he is at the party with Ellen?

5. What does Charlie do that causes the random woman who confronts him to scream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Charlie to get upset with Burt during one of their sessions together?

2. What prank do the guys at the bakery try to play on Charlie on April Fool's Day?

3. What does Charlie say about the failure of this experiment done on him?

4. What flash-back memory does Charlie have on his plane ride to Chicago?

5. What does one of Charlie's old classmates at Beekman say to Charlie when he tries to talk to her?

6. What is Alice really upset about when she sees Charlie at the college where she teaches retarded adults?

7. What happens when Algernon is put back into his original maze when he and Charlie return to the lab?

8. Why is Charlie so understanding about the hostile attitude that his friends at the bakery have towards him as his intelligence is raised?

9. What did Charlie want to have happen as he ran away from the angry mob in the park after a woman came on to him?

10. What does Professor Nemur say at the conference in Chicago that upsets Charlie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jealousy is an emotion that rears its ugly head a number of times in this book. Which characters evokes this emotion, and how do they respond to their jealous tendencies? How do these instances affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of science is vitally important in this plot. Where does this theme appear, and how is the plot altered because of it?

Essay Topic 3

Dreams are a very important and symbolic part of this story-line. What are some of these dreams, and why are they so significant to the course of the plot?

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